The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄλγος“pain”
- German · borrowed fromAlgolagnie
- English todayalgolagnia
From German Algolagnie, from Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”) + λαγνεία (lagneía, “lust”). Equivalent to algo- + -lagnia.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἄλγος all →
algedonicalgedonicsalginuresisalgo-algophobiaantalgicgonyalgiaveisalgia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.